Behind one of the most famous museums in Lisbon, the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, is a wonderful, a bit hidden garden overlooking the Tagus River; there’s also a small self service restaurant.
From this beautiful garden a marvelous view across the Alcântara harbor area to the Tagus can be enjoyed. Open from Wednesday – Sunday 10:00 – 18:00.
It’s really worth the time [...]
Just aside the walls of Lisbon’s Castelo São Jorge (St. Jorge Castle), I love to walk around in the narrow streets of the beautiful Bairro do Castelo, located in the highest hill of the historic centre of the city. This neighborhood is very charming and quiet.
To visit the castle, you can walk up the hill starting [...]
The famous Bica funicular opened on 28 June, 1892, the only stepped street funicular in the city. It climbs the Rua da Bica for 245 metres from the Rua S. Paulo, near Santos, to the Calhariz district.
Partying in the small street around the famous Bica funicular, near Bairro Alto , one of the best spots [...]
The Lavra funicular was the first street funicular in the world. It opened on 19 April 1884 and carried 3000 people, free of charge, on that day alone! Originally water-powered, it was converted to electricity in 1915.
It runs from the Rua de São José (near Largo da Anunciada) to Travessa do Forno do Torel. To [...]
Quite close to the historic Alfama neighborhood, a very nice street to walk around at Lisbon’ city center is Rua dos Bacalhoeiros (street of the cod fish sellers). The buildings that face the Tejo River look lovely, but if you take a closer look, they mostly are in a worse condition.
Walking from Praça do Comércio in the direction to Alfama, you will get to Rua dos [...]
The city of Lisbon has always suffered from the lack of drinking water. King João V (John V) decided to build an aqueduct in 1731 (Aqueduto das Águas Livres, ‘free waters’). The magnificent construction caused constant misunderstandings between the royal power, engineers, architects and municipal institutions; abusive clerical interference found its way into the fray. [...]
Dr. José Tomás de Sousa Martins (1843-1897) was a doctor and pharmacist renowned for his work amongst the poor in Lisbon. After his death, a secular cult has arisen around him in which he is thanked for ‘miraculous’ cures. Born in Alhandra he moved to Lisbon in his youth, and qualified in pharmacy (1864) and [...]
On every Sunday morning from 09:00 – 13:00 the second floor of the old market Mercado da Ribeira (Market near the river, since 1882), near train station Cais do Sodré, is reserved for coin and stamp collectors.
If you like visit one museum make it the Gulbenkian. It’s the collection of the Armenian oil billionaire who made Lisbon his home. It covers everything from Egyptian to 20th Century art
After visiting the Gulbenkian Museum a must-do is to go to the nearby and wonderful old tea and lunchroom Versailles (1922) at [...]
Rossio train- and metro station (Estação do Rossio) is located between Rossio and Restauradores. This train station is incredibly unique, formerly known as Central Station (Estação Central) and that designation still appears in its façade. The station has beautiful neo-manueline architecture designed by architect José Luís Monteiro, completed in 1887.
The Neo-Manueline façade dominates the northwest [...]
